1.   Oil companies are trying to diversify their operations to attract customers and boost profitability.

2.   Santander has been expanding aggressively into the region as part of a plan to diversify its operations outside Spain.

3.   The company has diversified operations, including specialty chemicals, lighting equipment and textiles.

4.   The Finance Ministry will let trust banks invest corporate pension funds in unlisted companies so that they can diversify operations.

5.   The prospects for the banking business also remain bright as banks diversify their operations, cut costs and combine with strong partners to meet competition.

6.   Tobacco growers are looking for ways to diversify their operations as the federal government scales back its tobacco price-support programs.

7.   As a long-term strategy, the group intends to diversify its operations, primarily through investing in businesses and projects in Shenzhen.

8.   The acquisition will allow the company to diversify its operations into the lucrative timber extraction and pulp and paper business.

9.   The conglomerates had been created with the reasoning that safety lay in diversifying operations.

10.   The spun pile factory is part of its plans to diversify its operations.